Feb 02, 2023
The Budget on Wednesday proposed certain amendments in GST
Act and said that input tax credit cannot be claimed on goods/ services used or
intended to be used for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. The
amendments in the Central GST Act has been brought through the Finance Bill,
2023.
The amendments propose to decriminalise certain
offences under the indirect tax law and double the threshold for launching
prosecution under the tax law to Rs 2 crore. It, however, retained the limit at
Rs 1 crore for fake invoicing cases.